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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 17, 1992Chisago County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1992, 12:25 AM CDT for Chisago County, Minnesota. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 1992, 12:25 AM CDT (05:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 1992, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Chisago County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 91 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1992-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 528 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1992-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 136 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
528 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-141 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
692 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
3.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 170525
SVRMSP
MNC025-170615-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
1225 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF MINNESOTA
      CHISAGO

AT 1218 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICATING A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING FAR WESTERN PORTIONS OF CHISAGO COUNTY
ABOUT 40 MILES NORTH OF ST PAUL.
59 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED AT CAMBRIDGE AT 1210 AM.

SOME CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDER-
STORMS INCLUDES...NORTH BRANCH...HARRIS AND LINDSTROM.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL..DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON`T DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. ALSO REMEMBER SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH
LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

 THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 45 TO
 50 MPH AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT.

HARRISON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 7:03 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXSwift27 min
Jun 16, 7:19 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRenville41 min
Jun 16, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSwift44 min
Jun 16, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXYellow Medicine44 min
Jun 16, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRenville50 min
Jun 16, 8:40 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRenville42 min
Jun 16, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker42 min
Jun 16, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi51 min
Jun 16, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle28 min
Jun 16, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood, Renville57 min
Jun 16, 10:20 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXYellow Medicine25 min
Jun 16, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa60 min
Jun 16, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown28 min
Jun 16, 10:46 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRedwood, Renville34 min
Jun 16, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Sibley68 min
Jun 16, 10:57 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBrown33 min
Jun 16, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker37 min
Jun 16, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright61 min
Jun 16, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMartin35 min
Jun 16, 11:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Nicollet, Watonwan35 min
Jun 16, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin, Scott45 min
Jun 16, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Sherburne, Stearns52 min
Jun 17, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin58 min
Jun 17, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXIsanti58 min
Jun 17, 2:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDodge, Mower, Olmsted38 min
Jun 17, 3:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFillmore, Olmsted50 min
Jun 17, 3:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue, Wabasha50 min
Jun 17, 3:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFillmore, Winona26 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.